Jun 7, 2008 9:05 pm US/Eastern
Tornado Touches Down In Chicago Suburb
CHICAGO (AP) ―
The National Weather Service says a large tornado is moving across Chicago's southern suburbs.
The twister was on the ground Saturday evening between the towns of Richton Park and University Park and was moving northeast. It touched down at 6:04 p.m. and was moving at 26 miles per hour in a northeast direction, according to the National Weather Service.
Will County Sheriff's Department spokesman Pat Barry says the slow-moving tornado damaged several homes in the Wilmington area and toppled trees and power lines. The tornado passed through a beach on a private lake in Wilmington.
"It went through the middle of the beach," said Lindell Roberts, a member a club on the lake. "We have a lot of trees down and power lines and stuff like that. A lot of big trees were blown down and limbs lost."
Roberts said nobody was injured and lifeguards evacuated the beach about an hour before the storms arrival. Members of the clubs were sent to various buildings on the ground.
At 7:02 p.m., the tornado was reported two miles north of Chicago Heights on the Illinois and Indiana state border.
The tornado's path cannot be predicted with precision, but Izzi said the tornado has been moving steadily to the northeast and is expected to continue to do so.
Izzi said the storm has produced tornados that touch down then dissipate and another tornado forms behind it.
A tornado warning has been issued for Cook and Will counties and will remain in effect until 8 p.m.
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